Notice of Document Availability and Public Comment Period

Project Title: 2011 Modification to Order on Consent between the City of New York and the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (NYCDEP) and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC), DEC Case # CO2-20000107-8, a.k.a. NYC CSO Order.

Brief Description:

In 2005 an Order on Consent was executed between the NYSDEC and the NYCDEP that contains milestones for the completion of various projects and planning documents associated with abatement of Combined Sewer Overflows (CSO) within New York City. Based on additional technical analyses, the parties identified numerous changes to the NYC CSO Order. Pursuant to Paragraphs XVI.A and D.3 of the 2005 CSO Order, the Department is required to public notice “[i]n the event of a substantive and significant modification to the construction compliance schedules provided for in this Order.” The 2011 Modification contains the following significant modifications:

Full copies of the 2005 CSO Order are available in hard copy at the following offices of the Department: Office of the Director of the Bureau of Water Compliance, Division of Water, 625 Broadway, 4th Floor, Albany, NY 12233-3506, or Mr. Robert Elburn, P.E., NYSDEC, Region 2, 47-40 21st Street, Long Island City, NY 11101.

Full copies of the CSO Order are also available in hard copy at the following office of the NYCDEP: Eleftheria Ardizzone, Bureau of Communications and Intergovernmental Affairs, 59-17 Junction Boulevard, Flushing, NY 11373. Ms. Ardizzone may be reached at (718) 595-3493.

Explanatory Documents: A CSO Order White Paper providing background on the proposed CSO Order modifications can also be found online at:

Public Comment Period: The comment period commences on October 19, 2011 and concludes on November 18, 2011.

Public Meeting: A public meeting will be held at the NYSDEC Region 2, Annex Building, 11-15 47th Avenue, Long Island City, NY 11101, on November 9, 2011 starting 6:00 pm.

Directions to DEC Annex Building: Take the No. 7 train to the Hunter’s Point Ave. station in Queens. Leaving the station, walk toward the Empire State Building until the first intersection (Hunter’s Point Ave. and 21st Street) and take a RIGHT onto 21st Street. The NYSDEC Region 2 office is the first building across the street on 21st Street (it is tan/brown in color and named “Hunters Point Plaza”). To go on to the Annex Building, head north from the front of 4740 21st Street to the light on Jackson Ave. and make a left onto 47th Avenue.

Contact Person: Questions and written comments for the record may be directed to Mr. Gary Kline, P.E., 625 Broadway, 4th Floor, NYSDEC, Albany, NY 12233-3506 OR via phone at (518) 402-9655 OR via FAX at (518) 402-9029 OR via email at gekline@gw.dec.state.ny.us